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Nelson, Vaunda Micheaux

The Book Itch: Freedom, Truth & Harlem's Greatest Bookstore

32 pp. | Carolrhoda | November, 2015 | Trade ISBN 978-0-7613-3943-4 $17.99 | Ebook ISBN 978-1-4677-4618-2
(2) K-3 Illustrated by R. Gregory Christie. Nelson presents a picture book adaptation of her No Crystal Stair source material, narrated by young Lewis, son of the National Memorial African Bookstore proprietor Lewis Michaux. Studded with Michaux's aphorisms ("Don't get took! Read a book!"), the book conveys the store's vibrancy during the tumultuous 1960s. Christie, whose black-and-white drawings illustrate No Crystal Stair, here employs full pages drenched with expressionistic color. Bib.
Reviewer: Roger Sutton | Horn Book Magazine Issue: November, 2015

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